Began Career at IDS (Columbia's roots can be traced back to Investor Diversified Services) in Client Payments Team.Position soon evolved into an Financial Analyst role in the Controller's group with after-work coursework in accounting and taxation serving as catalyst. Was responsible for reporting expenses incurred by the department as well as transferring them to the product companies using activity-based costing. Also assisted in department planning and budgeting. Maintained, designed and tested Excel and Access databases used for calculating the Investment Professional's variable compensation based on fund performance. Aggressive and efficient management of my functions effectively cut two to three days per month off the process. The Investment Department variable compensation function of my previous Fianacial Analyst role in the Controller's group, was requiring more and more performance analysis and so my role progressed into a performance role in the Business Systems Group in 2001. In 2005 I was promoted to my current position as Senior Performance Analyst for Investment Department Performance Analytics Group. I am a chief source for performance information for RFP;s and client/marketing reporting requests. Provide Attribution, details of positioning and caputuring alpha through our portfolio management. Support a full spectrum of Investment Management strategies, including Equity, Fixed, Balanced, Hedged and Domestic and International. Experienced using Lipper, Morningstar, Blackrock, Factset, Bloomberg, Evestment Alliance and other performance systems. Create GIPS® compliant Composite Presentations and ensure marketing materials are GIPS® compliant through GIPS reviews. Involved in the development and maintenance of a performance attribution system (PAS) that can be customized to meet client's reporting needs.